Summary Of The Giver By Lois Lowry

This novel is about a community where each person is the same. Everybody in this community go by certain rules and if they do not follow those rules they are punished. Everyone is to act the same in this book. Every person is assigned a job when they become a twelve and they are to work at the job until they go to the house of the old. This book is explained by Lois Lowry the author is explaining a whole different world than ours in this world he describes a person called the giver who is the receiver who hands off the job to Jonas one of the main characters who asks the receiver about all his memories and about what his job will be like. Jones had become the receiver. the giver gives him training and tells him what memories were like, the giver tells him why were like giver tells him why were like.

In the book also recall identical twins, in this case the community cannot have two identical persons in the community. “I’m the next on the list. I’ll have to select the one to be nurtured and the one to be released. It’s usually not hard though. Usually it’s just a matter of birth weight. We release the smaller of the two” (114). This quote is from Jonas’s Father. He is telling the family unit about the decision that he has to make about the identical twins that are going to be born. “It’s usually not hard though” Jonas’s father said this, gives us the sense of brutality and heartless feeling about Jonas’s community, and if this is what Jonas’s father does for a living, just imagined what others do, or are being assigned for their job. This actually shows that they do not have the understanding that memories would give them about feelings. Although, the individuals from the community think that being release is a good thing for them. “Well, there was the telling of his life. That is always first. Then the toast. We all raised our glasses and cheered. We chanted the anthem. He made a lovely good-bye speech. And several of us made little speeches wishing him well” (32). This quote is from Larissa; she is an old lady that Jonas bathed in the House of the old one day. She is given Jonas and idea of what the release is of the old. However in the community nobody talks about it and

In the book “ The Giver “ written by Lois Lowry, the chapters 6 - 11 were fascinating , I could see that Jonas were changing very rapidly, he was an innocent child that never lied to anyone, who shared his dreams every morning with his family, but when Jonas turned 12 things started to change in his JAUNTY live. Jonas had to take the rules very seriously in his job,because if he didn’t respect the rules he might lose his job. Some of the rules that Jonas had to respect was that he could lie to everyone in the entire community even the family members, Jonas actually never but he has the opportunity now.

First, Jonas’s decision to leave was correct because it saved Gabriel from dying. Gabriel is a newborn who is not doing well, so he stays with the nurturer, Jonas’s father, taking care of him and gets extensive care. Jonas develops a bond with the newborn, and he starts to love him. Eventually, though Gabriel is deemed unfit to live in the community because he was not growing fast enough and was not healthy, and the

Jonas wanted to live a different life. In his journey, Jonas travels with Gabriel, the child that was being nurtured by his family. He needed to saved him from being “released”. Together they faced danger and fear but it was just the beginning of a new life in the land of Elsewhere.

Jonas has to learn more about death and pain than he already has. Death was something that wasn’t talked about in the community. The community “releases” members when they are old or if there is a set of twins or something wrong with a baby. Release is something celebrated within the community. Jonas had no idea that what release really means is to murder someone. He watches the release of a baby boy who was part of a set of twins born into the community. His father is the one performing this release because his father is a nurturer. This knowledge left Jonas devastated and in shock that his father could do something so terrible. He leaves the Giver’s and tells him that he can no longer continue receiving the memories. He takes a few days and collects himself. Fiona, his childhood friend talks him into to going back. Love is another emotion new to Jonas. He falls in love with Fiona. Falling in love is a big step that usually happens in adulthood. Another thing Jonas does that proves his progression in maturity is he decides to leave the community. When you grow up, you leave your mom and dad’s house which is how I connected this part of Jonas’ life with that of a real life

Jonas died in Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel, The Giver. Jonas is dead because the text says “But he began to, suddenly to be happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister.” (223) Jonas was flooded with happiness and remembered his family as his eyes were shutting. He was losing consciousness as he sledded down the hill. He also misinterpreted the memory of Christmas wrong because his brain was becoming weak he saw different color lights. Jonas is dead because his life flashed before his eyes, he was losing consciousness, and he saw different color lights during Christmas than he did in the memory, Lowry here is trying to tell us that he is dead because he saw them different and he knows that they aren’t real.

Newberry Medalist, Lois Lowry, reflects her fascination with the stages of life into her many novels that depict young adults coping with the challenges that come with growing up. And like many recognized authors Lowry has been asked again and again, “Where did you get this idea?” For each novel written by Lowry the inspiration arises from diverse occasions from her life. In The Giver Lowry explores the new territory of a fantasy realm of society that is free from pain, disorder, and overpopulation; but in a world without love, color, and memories the perfect society turns to dystopia. (Novels for Students) As an explanation for the origins of The Giver Lois Lowry, in her Newberry Medal acceptance speech, compares her inspiration for the novel to the river Jonas looks into, seeing the world differently for the first time. Her ideas started as a mere spring, trickling in from a glacier; and each of the tributaries came from memories, coming together to make the flowing current of the river. (Lowry)

As the story progresses, Jonas made the decision to leave the community, so the people will gain the memories Jonas had before. While Jonas lives in a community where risks are extinct, he gains knowledge and courage. Jonas had to take many risks in order to grow. For example, Jonas wanted to be able to experience feelings so,”Jonas did not take his pills. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pills away”(Lowry 162).

By using rhetorical questions, Lowry reveals Jonas' thoughts on how meaningless it would be for him to share his experiences to his friends, whom would not understand him because they only recognise sameness and not a hint of what Jonas experienced. An instance of this can be shown when Jonas wonders to himself, “how could you describe a hill and snow to someone who had never felt height or wind or that feathery, magical cold?" Consequently, it is ironic that anyone who is different, who disobeys orders, or who is useless to the community is killed. The people in charge, like Jonas' father (whom is a nurturer) and the Director of the House of the Old, are simply making decisions guided by the Book of Rules. Marked In chapter 19, the giver talks about Jonas’ father who killed an infant, "It's what he was told to do, and he knows nothing else.”

Being unique is valuable. In the science fiction novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry uses Jonas to show that being unique is valuable. In the beginning of Giver, everyone in the community is the same and they have followed very specific rules or they will be “released.” The message of the novel, Giver, is being unique is valuable.

Jonas asked his father seriously,”Do you love me?”...his father replied chuckling,”Jonas. You, of all people... Precision of language please!”(Lowry 127) Jonas’ “father” believes that what the community is doing by taking away love is the right thing and it is for everyones safety. Love is a freedom that every human being should be granted. Jonas’ dad does not have the capacity to understand this or any emotions, but Jonas does.

The first reason why Jonas was right to leave was that he saved his younger brother Gabriel. Jonas’s father had just announced that Gabriel was going to be released (put to death). Gabriel stayed a night at the nurturing center and cried the whole night so even Jonas’s father voted to release Gabriel. “Gabriel was very cranky…even I voted for Gabriel’s release.” If Jonas hadn’t left and taken Gabriel, then Gabriel would

If you are given a choice to save a loved one would you? Jonas did. Because Jonas knows what release is so he is able to save Gabe from it. Jonas’ father doesn’t know what release means so he can’t make an informed choice. “We really have to protect people from wrong choices” (pg 99). Jonas is protecting his father. People need knowledge to make informed choices. People may not always make the right choice but they can try to fix their mistakes and they can realize that what they did is wrong and not be ignorant. “He had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving”(pg172). Jonas knew that if he didn’t save Gabe he would die so he only cared about Gabe. Jonas made the decision to leave and now he is facing the consequences. Lowry shows that every decision has an outcome.

Jonas, from the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, would enjoy and appreciate Cooper in the future, because it provides choice in classes, curriculum, and learning style. The author indirectly characterizes Jonas as rebellious, as this can be seen when Jonas tells The Giver “...I was just thinking: what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and he [Gabriel] could choose? Instead of Sameness” (Lowry 125-26). He believes that members of the Community should have decisions that they can choose to make. He is not afraid of change. This shows that Jonas disagrees with the ways of the Community. Therefore, the author is portraying him as rebellious. He would appreciate a school that gives students the option to take certain